Cook, Dunker and Gates Take Home Wins on Budweiser Open Wheel Night

 

by Brian Neal

Donnellson, IA (Thursday, June 20, 2013) – The Lee County Speedway in Donnellson, IA decided to trick mother nature by running on a Thursday night this week, as it was Budweiser Open Wheel Night presented by Big Country 103.1 and Outdoor Power Inc. At the end of the night Jason Cook took home the $500 win Donnellson Tire IMCA Stock Car feature win, while Tony Dunker topped the Shottenkirk Parts Express IMCA SportMod feature and Adam Gates claimed the win in the Sunline Auto Parts IMCA Sport Compact feature.

The first feature up on the night was the 15 lap Sunline Auto Parts IMCA Sport Compacts, with Chuck Fullenkamp and Bill Whalen Jr. drawing the front row for the event. But it was fourth place starter Adam Gates who moved to the front to grab the lead on lap 1 over Fullenkamp and Whalen Jr. The action up front was slowed for the first and only time during the race after the completion of lap 1, as Jacob Tournear and Bryce Baker got together in turn four to bring out the yellow. On the restart Gates jumped back out front, with Fullenkamp and Whallen Jr. battling for second.  While Gates was pulling away from the field, Fullenkamp, Josh Barnes, Michael Grossman and Austen Becerra, who started 10th, had a great battle going for 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th. Gates would go on to lead all 15 laps to pick up the win, worth $200 thanks to Mike’s Barber Shop, Hornung Racing and Dunker Concrete. Fullenkamp held on for 2nd, Barnes won the battle for 3rd, Whalen Jr. held on for 4th, with Becerra coming home in 5th.

Jeremy Pundt and Brandon Savage led the field to the green flag in the 18 lap Donnellson Tire IMCA Stock Car feature, with Pundt grabbing the lead on lap 1 over Nathan Wood and John Oliver Jr. Oliver Jr. would jump to the top side of the track to make the pass of Pundt on lap 3 to take over the top spot, leaving Pundt to hold back Wood for second. While Oliver Jr. was leading the field, Jason Cook would work his way past Pundt and into second on lap 8. Cook, who was working the bottom, and Oliver Jr., who was up top, ran the next few laps side-by-side. Cook was credited with leading lap 10 by inches over Oliver Jr. While the two front runners put on a show for the fans, Wood, Ryan Cook, who started 15th, Abe Huls and Pundt put on an even better show in the battle for 3rd. Cook would hold on over the final 8 laps to pick up the win and the $500 top prize. Oliver Jr. settled for 2nd, Wood won the battle for 3rd, Ryan Cook was 4th, with Huls rounding out the top 5.

The final feature on the night was the scheduled 18 lap Shottenkirk Parts Express IMCA SportMods, with Bobby Anders and Charles VanZandt drawing the front row for the event. Anders would take advantage of his front row start to jump out into the lead on lap 1 over Tony Dunker and Austin Schulte. Anders and Dunker were battling and even swapping the lead in different ends of the track over the next 4 laps, when the first caution came out on lap 4. Shulte, who was running 7th, spun in turn 2 to bring out the yellow. On the restart Anders jumped back out front, with Dunker going back to work on him for the lead. While Anders and Dunker swapped the lead up front, Phillip Cossel, Brett Lowry, who started 9th, Carter VanDenBerg, who started 11th, and Jim Gillenwater, who started 13th, put on a show for the battle for 3rd. The action up front was slowed for the second time on lap 12, when Robert Gould spun in turn 4 to bring out the yellow. Anders grabbed the lead on the restart, while VanDenBerg slipped past Dunker for 2nd. Just as the action up front was heating up again, the third caution of the race appeared on lap 15. This time Charles VanZandt spun to a stop down the front stretch to bring the yellow light on. On the restart Dunker was able to slip under Anders to grab the lead on lap 16, but Anders would jump to the top of the track to grab the top spot back on lap 17. After the completion of the lap VanZandt would spin his machine in turn 4 to bring out the yellow, his second solo caution to end his night. This would set up a green-white-checkered overtime finish. Dunker would once again slip under Anders on the restart to grab the lead, but once again the caution would come out before the checkered flag to set up another green-white checkered finish. Gould would spin his machine in turn 4 to bring out the final caution of the event, this was his second solo caution to end his night. On the final restart Dunker moved out front and then held on to claim his first win of the season at the track. Anders would have to settle for 2nd, Cossel would cross the line in 3rd but was disqualified in tech for a circuit board modular, moving VanDenBerg up to 3rd, Derek St. Clair came from 16th to finish in 4th, with Lowry holding on for 5th.

Coming up next Friday, June 28th at the Lee County Speedway will be All Pro Lawn and Hoenig Lawn Care Night at the races. The Shottenkirk Parts Express will have a special race, with more details being released on the website. Also in action on the night will be the Budweiser IMCA Modifieds racing for $500 to win and $100 to start, the Donnellson Tire IMCA Stock Cars, Coor’s Light IMCA Hobby Stocks and Sunline Line Auto Parts IMCA Sport Compacts.

Gates will open at 5:30 pm, hot laps at 7:00 pm, and racing at 7:30 pm. Grandstand admission will be adults $10, seniors $9, students (7-17) $5, and kids 6 & under FREE! Pit passes will be $25, ages (7-13) $15, and kids 6 & under $10.

For more information about the Lee County Speedway you can call Mike Van Genderen at 641-521-0330 or visit the website at www.leecountyspeedway.com.

 

OFFICAL RESULTS

Lee County Speedway, Donnellson, IA

Thursday, June 20, 2013 – Budweiser / Big Country 103.1 / Outdoor Power Inc. Open Wheel Night

 

Donnellson Tire IMCA Stock Cars – A-Main
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	6	27J	Jason Cook	Mt. Pleasant, IA	0
2	5	05	John Oliver Jr.	Danville , IA	0
3	3	52	Nathan Wood	Sigourney , IA	0
4	15	C4	Ryan Cook	New London, IA	0
5	11	30C	Abe Huls	Carthage , IL	0
6	1	52J	Jeremy Pundt	Donnellson , IA	0
7	4	2T	Beau Taylor	Canton , MO	0
8	13	17C	Shane Paris	Muscatine , IA	0
9	10	566	Jim Lynch	Donnellson , IA	0
10	2	47S	Brandon Savage	Canton , MO	0
11	16	97	Terry Houston	Mt. Sterling, IL	0
12	17	14	Derrick Agee	Huntsville , MO	0
13	8	4	Jake Wenig	Burlington , IA	0
14	14	79	Troy Brierton	Versailles , IL	0
15	19	16	Steve Hodson	Donnellson , IA	0
16	9	14B	Tom Bowling Jr	Danville , IA	0
17	12	99D	Damon Murty	Chelsea , IA	0
18	18	3T	Travis Hartman	Burlington , IA	0
19	7	07	Ray Raker	Danville , IA	0	DNS
20	20	23	Nathan Anders	Quincy , IL	0	DNS
Donnellson Tire IMCA Stock Cars – Heat 3
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	4	99D	Damon Murty	Chelsea , IA	0
2	3	30C	Abe Huls	Carthage , IL	0
3	5	2T	Beau Taylor	Canton , MO	0
4	1	05	John Oliver Jr.	Danville , IA	0
5	6	C4	Ryan Cook	New London, IA	0
6	2	14	Derrick Agee	Huntsville , MO	0
Donnellson Tire IMCA Stock Cars – Heat 2
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	3	27J	Jason Cook	Mt. Pleasant, IA	0
2	1	566	Jim Lynch	Donnellson , IA	0
3	4	47S	Brandon Savage	Canton , MO	0
4	7	07	Ray Raker	Danville , IA	0
5	6	79	Troy Brierton	Versailles , IL	0
6	2	16	Steve Hodson	Donnellson , IA	0
7	5	23	Nathan Anders	Quincy , IL	0	DNS
Donnellson Tire IMCA Stock Cars – Heat 1
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	4	52	Nathan Wood	Sigourney , IA	0
2	1	14B	Tom Bowling Jr	Danville , IA	0
3	2	52J	Jeremy Pundt	Donnellson , IA	0
4	5	4	Jake Wenig	Burlington , IA	0
5	6	17C	Shane Paris	Muscatine , IA	0
6	7	97	Terry Houston	Mt. Sterling, IL	0
7	3	3T	Travis Hartman	Burlington , IA	0
Shottenkirk Parts Express IMCA Sport Mods – A-Main
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	4	3	Tony Dunker	Quincy , IL	40
2	1	20BA	Bobby Anders	Quincy , IL	39
3	11	7	Carter VanDenBerg	Oskaloosa , IA	38
4	16	101	Derek St. Clair	Donnellson , IA	37
5	9	72	Brett Lowry	Montezuma , IA	36
6	10	7L	Rob Kirchner	Donnellson , IA	35
7	13	10	Jim Gillenwater	Keokuk , IA	34
8	14	8H	Victor Hastings	Oquawka , IL	33
9	12	32	Jeff DeLonjay	Quincy , IL	32
10	15	52	Rick Barlow Jr.	Montrose , IA	31
11	19	T17	Tom Rawlins	Kellogg , IA	30
12	6	1	Roger Dresden	Keokuk , IA	29
13	18	40	Dakota Simmons	Libertyville , IA	28
14	21	93	Robert Gould	Hillsboro , IA	27
15	8	26	Jim Kuhlmeier	Ft. Madison, IA	26
16	2	80V	Charles VanZandt	Camp Point, IL	25
17	7	12F	Eric Flander	Barnes City, IA	24
18	3	75	Austin Schulte	Keokuk , IA	23
19	17	14B	Kyle Hill	New London, IA	22	DNS
20	20	97J	Jacob Smith	Donnellson , IA	21	DNS
21	22	CH19	Colby Heishman	Brooklyn , IA	20	DNS
22	5	15	Phillip Cossel	Montrose , IA	0	DQ
Shottenkirk Parts Express IMCA Sport Mods – Heat 3
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	3	7	Carter VanDenBerg	Oskaloosa , IA	0
2	4	15	Phillip Cossel	Montrose , IA	0
3	2	20BA	Bobby Anders	Quincy , IL	0
4	1	12F	Eric Flander	Barnes City, IA	0
5	7	52	Rick Barlow Jr.	Montrose , IA	0
6	6	40	Dakota Simmons	Libertyville , IA	0
7	5	93	Robert Gould	Hillsboro , IA	0
Shottenkirk Parts Express IMCA Sport Mods – Heat 2
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	3	3	Tony Dunker	Quincy , IL	0
2	6	32	Jeff DeLonjay	Quincy , IL	0
3	1	75	Austin Schulte	Keokuk , IA	0
4	5	26	Jim Kuhlmeier	Ft. Madison, IA	0
5	4	8H	Victor Hastings	Oquawka , IL	0
6	2	14B	Kyle Hill	New London, IA	0
7	7	97J	Jacob Smith	Donnellson , IA	0
Shottenkirk Parts Express IMCA Sport Mods – Heat 1
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	5	72	Brett Lowry	Montezuma , IA	0
2	2	7L	Rob Kirchner	Donnellson , IA	0
3	4	1	Roger Dresden	Keokuk , IA	0
4	1	80V	Charles VanZandt	Camp Point, IL	0
5	3	10	Jim Gillenwater	Keokuk , IA	0
6	8	101	Derek St. Clair	Donnellson , IA	0
7	6	T17	Tom Rawlins	Kellogg , IA	0
8	7	CH19	Colby Heishman	Brooklyn , IA	0
Sunline Auto Parts IMCA Sport Compacts – A-Main
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	4	007	Adam Gates	Cedar Rapids, IA	40
2	1	29	Chuck Fullenkamp	Ft. Madison, IA	39
3	5	13B	Josh Barnes	Keokuk , IA	38
4	2	00W	Bill Whalen Jr.	Riverside , IA	37
5	10	22	Austen Becerra	Carthage , IL	36
6	11	2X	Merv Chandler	Urbana , IA	35
7	3	77	John Whalen	Ainsworth , IA	34
8	9	3	Skipp Dunker	Ursa , IL	33
9	6	27	Brandon Reu	Donnellson , IA	32
10	13	71	Kimberly Abbott	Camp Point, IL	31
11	15	21V	Laine VanZandt	Camp Point, IL	30
12	18	14L	Brandon Lambert	Carthage , IL	29
13	7	2	Michael Grossman	Keokuk , IA	28
14	14	55	Mike Hornung Jr.	Keokuk , IA	27
15	17	24S	Gary Stephenson	Quincy , IL	26
16	12	24	William Michel	Muscatine , IA	25
17	21	27AM	Alex Baker	Quincy , IL	24
18	19	45JT	Jacob Tournear	Quincy , IL	23
19	8	00H	Brent Hartley	Niota , IL	22
20	16	27B	Bryce Baker	Quincy , IL	21	DQ
21	20	58R	Derek Randall	Canton , MO	0	DNS
Sunline Auto Parts IMCA Sport Compacts – Heat 3
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	1	13B	Josh Barnes	Keokuk , IA	0
2	4	27	Brandon Reu	Donnellson , IA	0
3	7	77	John Whalen	Ainsworth , IA	0
4	6	22	Austen Becerra	Carthage , IL	0
5	2	21V	Laine VanZandt	Camp Point, IL	0
6	5	14L	Brandon Lambert	Carthage , IL	0
7	3	27AM	Alex Baker	Quincy , IL	0
Sunline Auto Parts IMCA Sport Compacts – Heat 2
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	1	3	Skipp Dunker	Ursa , IL	0
2	2	29	Chuck Fullenkamp	Ft. Madison, IA	0
3	5	24	William Michel	Muscatine , IA	0
4	7	00H	Brent Hartley	Niota , IL	0
5	6	55	Mike Hornung Jr.	Keokuk , IA	0
6	3	24S	Gary Stephenson	Quincy , IL	0
7	4	58R	Derek Randall	Canton , MO	0	DNS
Sunline Auto Parts IMCA Sport Compacts – Heat 1
Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown	Points
1	1	00W	Bill Whalen Jr.	Riverside , IA	0
2	7	2	Michael Grossman	Keokuk , IA	0
3	6	2X	Merv Chandler	Urbana , IA	0
4	5	007	Adam Gates	Cedar Rapids, IA	0
5	2	71	Kimberly Abbott	Camp Point, IL	0
6	4	27B	Bryce Baker	Quincy , IL	0
7	3	45JT	Jacob Tournear	Quincy , IL	0

 

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